Pictured here is page four of a manuscript produced by Mrs. F.C. Whitaker regarding one of her talks with the Bradenton Woman's Club. She addresses the subject of early settlers and pioneers in Florida.Page 4 run: the Indians off without injury to the defenders. The Indians stole some of the negroes from the Plantation and carried them off. A company of soldiers purued and captured them just this side of Peace Creek, finding that one Indian had been wounded during the attack on the Castle. The soldiers recovered and brought back the negroes - killing several of the Indians. The marks of the bullets showed int the door and window casements of the Castle long after we came to the country. This Braden Castle was not the fort as many people think. Mary Wyatt being now married to William H. Whitaker and having made their home on Sarasota Bay, learning that there was a band of Indians on the war path, had to leave and go to Manatee into the fort for safety. the Fort was a stockade built on a treet near the spring, which was probably their water supply while in the fort and quite a number of families were together there. While in the Fort, my husband was born. Soon after the family had left their home at Sarasota, the Indians attacked the place and burned the house; the negroes had run [end of page]